diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66170d94..9de80b1d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ docs/site/
 # environment.
 Manifest.toml
 test/Artifacts.toml
+
+# vim temporary files
+*.swp
+*.swo
diff --git a/src/Parameters.jl b/src/Parameters.jl
index a2b954fa..5e0458ee 100644
--- a/src/Parameters.jl
+++ b/src/Parameters.jl
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 module Parameters
 
 import Thermodynamics
+import ..UniversalFunctions
+import ..UniversalFunctions: universal_func_type
+
 const TD = Thermodynamics
 const TDPS = TD.Parameters.ThermodynamicsParameters
-import ..UniversalFunctions
+
 const UF = UniversalFunctions
 
 abstract type AbstractSurfaceFluxesParameters end
@@ -11,10 +14,11 @@ const ASFP = AbstractSurfaceFluxesParameters
 
 Base.broadcastable(ps::ASFP) = tuple(ps)
 
-Base.@kwdef struct SurfaceFluxesParameters{FT, AUFPS <: UF.AbstractUniversalFunctionParameters{FT}, TP} <:
-                   AbstractSurfaceFluxesParameters
+const AUFP{FT} = UF.AbstractUniversalFunctionParameters{FT} where FT
+
+Base.@kwdef struct SurfaceFluxesParameters{FT, U<:AUFP{FT}, TP} <: ASFP
     von_karman_const::FT
-    ufp::AUFPS
+    ufp::U
     thermo_params::TP
 end
 
@@ -22,7 +26,8 @@ thermodynamics_params(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = ps.thermo_params
 uf_params(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = ps.ufp
 von_karman_const(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = ps.von_karman_const
 
-universal_func_type(::SurfaceFluxesParameters{FT, AUFPS}) where {FT, AUFPS} = UF.universal_func_type(AUFPS)
+universal_func_type(::SurfaceFluxesParameters{FT, UFP}) where {FT, UFP} =
+    universal_func_type(UFP)
 
 for var in fieldnames(TDPS)
     @eval $var(ps::ASFP) = TD.Parameters.$var(thermodynamics_params(ps))
@@ -33,16 +38,16 @@ molmass_ratio(ps::ASFP) = TD.Parameters.molmass_ratio(thermodynamics_params(ps))
 R_d(ps::ASFP) = TD.Parameters.R_d(thermodynamics_params(ps))
 cp_d(ps::ASFP) = TD.Parameters.cp_d(thermodynamics_params(ps))
 
-Pr_0(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = Pr_0(uf_params(ps))
-a_m(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = a_m(uf_params(ps))
-a_h(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = a_h(uf_params(ps))
-b_m(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = b_m(uf_params(ps))
-b_h(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = b_h(uf_params(ps))
-c_m(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = c_m(uf_params(ps))
-c_h(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = c_h(uf_params(ps))
-d_m(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = d_m(uf_params(ps))
-d_h(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = d_h(uf_params(ps))
-ζ_a(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = ζ_a(uf_params(ps))
-γ(ps::SurfaceFluxesParameters) = γ(uf_params(ps))
+Pr_0(ps::ASFP) = Pr_0(uf_params(ps))
+a_m(ps::ASFP) = a_m(uf_params(ps))
+a_h(ps::ASFP) = a_h(uf_params(ps))
+b_m(ps::ASFP) = b_m(uf_params(ps))
+b_h(ps::ASFP) = b_h(uf_params(ps))
+c_m(ps::ASFP) = c_m(uf_params(ps))
+c_h(ps::ASFP) = c_h(uf_params(ps))
+d_m(ps::ASFP) = d_m(uf_params(ps))
+d_h(ps::ASFP) = d_h(uf_params(ps))
+ζ_a(ps::ASFP) = ζ_a(uf_params(ps))
+γ(ps::ASFP) = γ(uf_params(ps))
 
 end
diff --git a/src/SurfaceFluxes.jl b/src/SurfaceFluxes.jl
index d2d87fd3..f47535c1 100644
--- a/src/SurfaceFluxes.jl
+++ b/src/SurfaceFluxes.jl
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 """
 module SurfaceFluxes
 
-
 import RootSolvers
 const RS = RootSolvers